The National Geographic Magazine
oj National ueograpmlc society
lay Dy Henry Clay Ulpson
Massive Stonework of Pisac Overlooks the Rushing Urubamba River
Archeologists believe that Pisac, near Cuzco, was the seat of a proud Inca noble. Like gray sugar cubes,
most of the carefully worked ancient stones still lie in place after centuries of attack by man and weather.
Modern life in Peru has developed chiefly in the valleys, but the ancient peoples-apparently for safety
crowned the hilltops with their forts and homes. With painstaking labor they terraced the slopes to make
narrow irrigated gardens.
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